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Global virus cases top 18 million as Australian city imposes curfew
The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million on Monday with the illness continuing its march, after Australia’s second-largest city ...Hong Kong reports 121 new coronavirus cases as local transmissions stay high
Hong Kong reported 121 new coronavirus cases on Friday, including 118 that were locally transmitted, as authorities said the global financial hub ...Malaysian ex-PM Najib guilty on all charges in first 1MDB trial
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak was found guilty Tuesday of corruption over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal that cost him his government, and ...China reports virus spike as global cases pass 16 mn
China on Monday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in three months, part of a worrying swell of second and third-wave ...North Korea reports first suspected infection as global cases top 16m
North Korea declared its first suspected coronavirus case on Sunday, becoming one of the last countries to do so as the number ...Australia rejects Beijing’s South China Sea claims, backing US
Australia has rejected Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning ...China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
China on Friday ordered the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu to close in retaliation for one of its missions ...Australia, facing ‘harsh reality’ of pandemic, braces for biggest postwar deficit
Australia’s budget is set to plunge into its biggest deficit since World War Two this year as the coronavirus crisis knocks the ...China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars
China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing ...US-Chinese tensions soar as consulate ordered to shut
US-Chinese tensions, already rising because of the coronavirus pandemic and crackdown in Hong Kong, ratcheted up another notch on Wednesday as the ...














